The Los Angeles Lakers started off kind of slowly in the first quarter of Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night but once they got their footing they absolutely ran away from the Miami Heat for a 116-98 win.
The game never even felt that close during the second half, as the Lakers led by 26 after three quarters before putting it in cruise control in the fourth quarter.
Making things worse for the Heat, and for this series, were the injuries suffered by Bam Adebayo (shoulder) and Goran Dragić (ankle). Both players left Game 1 and didn’t return.
While the game was pretty much a blowout, the best moment came right after the horn sounded for halftime because that’s when LeBron casually threw down this sweet dunk that didn’t count:
It didn’t count but this reverse putback dunk by LeBron was nasty! pic.twitter.com/K1Q462QzbD
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) October 1, 2020
Check out this angle:
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) October 1, 2020
NBA fans loved it:
LeBron just threw down an off the backboard reverse dunk like it was nothing pic.twitter.com/jR5Wrb5wCS
— 𝓜𝓪𝓽𝓽 🏀✈️ (@mldiffley) October 1, 2020
well that was a ridiculous follow dunk by lebron for no reason at all
— Russ Bengtson (@russbengtson) October 1, 2020
Reverse alley-oop dunk for no reason…Yeah LeBron is feeling pretty good lmao
— UnwrittenRules (@UnwrittenRul3s) October 1, 2020
LeBron just had the best dunk in the entire bubble after the buzzer
— LeBron's Witnesses (@kinglbj_23) October 1, 2020
That LeBron dunk 👀 😂
— Lakers Empire (@LakersEmpire) October 1, 2020
